Hair cushion cord



Oct. 31, 1933.

W. E. SACKNER HAIR CUSHION CORD Filed July 11, 19 52 INVENTOR Wad 6 E. five/mar A TTORNE r6" Patented Oct. 31, 1933 UNITED STATES HAIR CUSHION CGRD Wade E. Sackner, Grand Rapids, Mich., assignor" to Grand Rapids Fibre Cord Company,- Grand Rapids, Mich.

The objects of this invention are: First, to provide an economical construction of packing or filler cord;

Second, to provide such a cord in, which short hair such as is obtained from skins in a tannery may be utilized. I

Third, to provide a method for utilizing such hair.

Objects pertaining to details of my invention will appear from the description to follow. A

hair cushion cord which is a preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a bat made up of the hair obtained from skins in a tannery.

Fig. 2 is a sectional perspective view of a packing or filler cord showing the use of binding threads opened up at the end to show the construction.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the finished cord.

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4.4 of Fig. 3 showing the finished cord.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of the bat shown in Fig. 1.

of short hair that has been removed from the skins of animals in a tannery. Formerly this hair was used to a great extent in plastering but of late has not been used to such a greatextent and it has become desirable to provide a use for such hair., The hair is very short in most instances and a bat of this hair is easily torn apart.

In making use of this hair it is desirable to treat the hair in a garnetting machine to produce a bat such as is shown in Fig. 1. The bat is Referring to the drawing, 1 represents a bat then cut into strips, one of whichis represented at 2. The edges of the strips are foldedlover as at 3 and the strips are then run through forming dies of a braiding machine or are compressed in some other way to form a substantially cylindrical cord. The cord thus formed is covered with light threads 4 in the braiding machine.

When the strips are compressed the cord is substantially of the formation shown in Fig. 4.

I am aware that cotton fibres have been wound and incorporated into cords of this kind and in my Patent No. 1,821,582 dated September 1, 1931 for Packing cord, I show a similar treatment of cellulose wadding. The cord which is the subject of this invention is a superior product. It is cheap in construction and is not harmed by water. 7 The use of this method of forming the cord makes it possible to use the short hairs above referred to, and the cord may be made extremely uniform in size.

I desire to claim my invention in the specific form illustrated and also broadly as pointed out in the appended claim.

Having thus describedflmy invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters therearound while feeding said bat longitudinally of itself. WADE E. SACKNER.v

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